 Seminole chief Billy Bowlegs during his visit to Washington D.C. Image by Unknown authorUnknown author, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Billy ElderBilly Bowlegs Billy Bowlegs 19th-century Seminole chief and military leader This article is about the Seminole chief of the 2nd and 3rd Seminole Wars (there was a different Bowlegs (Bolek) in the 1st Seminole War). For the Civil War Billy Bowlegs, see Sonuk Mikko. For a later tribal elder, see Billy Bowlegs III. For other uses of the name Bowlegs, see Bowlegs. Holata Micco (a Muscogee name translated as Alligator Chief, also spelled Halpatter-Micco, Halbutta Micco, Halpuda Mikko; known in English as Chief Billy Bowlegs or Billy Bolek; c. 1810 – 1859)[1][2] was a leader of the Seminoles in Florida during the Second Seminole War and was the remaining Seminole's most prominent chief during the Third Seminole War, when he… (Source: Wikipedia)
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